Convicted: A Crooked Cop, an Innocent Man, and an Unlikely

Convicted: A Crooked Cop, an Innocent Man, and an Unlikely Journey of Forgiveness and Friendship

Jameel McGee: â€œFor the next three years not a day went by that I didnâ€™t think about my son who I had never seen and the cop who had kept me from him. And for most of those three years I promised myself that if I ever saw this cop again, I was going to kill him. I intended to keep that promise.â€
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Andrew Collins: â€œI watched this angry man march through a crowd, a little boy and another man struggling to keep up with him....The man walked straight up to me, stopped, and stuck out his hand. I took it. â€œRemember me?â€ he asked in a tone that sounded more like a threat than a question.
Somehow, a name came to me. â€˜Jameel McGee,â€™ I replied.â€
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It reads like a gripping crime novelâ€¦except this story really happened.
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Racial tensions had long simmered in Benton Harbor, a small city on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, before the day a white narcotics officer--more focused on arrests than justiceâ€”set his sights on an innocent black man. But when officer Andrew Collins framed Jameel McGee for possession of crack cocaine, the surprising result was not a race riot but a transformative journey for both men.
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Falsely convicted, McGee spent three years in federal prison. Collins also went to prison a few years later for falsifying police reports. While behind bars, the faith of both men deepened. But the story took its most unexpected turn once they were released--when their lives collided again in a moment brimming with mistrust and anger. The two were on a collision courseâ€”not to violenceâ€”but forgiveness.Â
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As current as todayâ€™s headlines, this explosive true story reveals how these radically conflicted men chose to let go of fear and a thirst for revenge to pursue reconciliation for themselves, their community, and our racially divided nation.
Country USA
Brand WaterBrook Press
Manufacturer WaterBrook
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 179102
ReleaseDate 2017-09-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780735290723

Country	USA
Brand	WaterBrook Press
Manufacturer	WaterBrook
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	179102
ReleaseDate	2017-09-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780735290723

Convicted: A Crooked Cop, an Innocent Man, and an Unlikely Journey of Forgiveness and Friendship

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